Why does Mass Effect hurt?

videos over an hour automatically do well on YouTube, right? why it hurts to play Mass Effect…

an enormous thank you to @gamingisfuun , @PineappleExpressGaming, @pikmonwolf, @jaguar550 , @Raycevick, @Fizhy, @Lacry, @BigDanGaming, @PeopleMakeGames for clips, insights, and research.

another equally huge thanks to @JacobGeller , @Vv Chadain, @Fizhy, @pikmonwolf , @Raycevick , @HoneyBat for inspiration.

AMAZING VFX work of the Reapers caught on camera by @InsanePatient2

and a final big thanks to everyone who watched and commented on my Disco Elysium video, along with everyone else who kept me motivated to finish this behemoth of a project. I am going to make shorter things now.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 - why does mass effect hurt?
02:05 - something strange is going on
14:07 - god will eat us and there is no hope
16:55 - think about death and get sad and stuff
23:21 - mass effect 2: electric boogaloo
30:45 - the reapers have arrived!
43:42 - intermezzo
44:47 - destroyer of worlds
1:02:31 - the soul
1:14:11 - climate change, hope, & javik
1:37:07 - the endings
1:48:24 - does this unit have a soul?


MUSIC:

Lost in Space by Baton

Deep Space by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Sneaky Snooper by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Cylinder Seven by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Cylinder Four by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Land on the Golden Gate by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

The Theatrical Poster for Poltergeist III by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

The House Glows (With Almost No Help) by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

CGI Snake by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Spacetime Blues by Loopop

Spooked by Mini Vandals

Falling Rain by Myuu

Space Trooper by DivKid

The Awakening by Patrick Patrikios

Landing on a Dark Planet by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

Sea of Doom by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

Realization of a New Earth by I Think I Can Help You

Blue Sizzle - Madness Paranoia by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Lens by Bobby Richards

Mission to Mars by Audio Hertz

Future Rennaisance by Godmode

Landing by Godmode

Ether Oar by The Whole Other

SOURCES:

"Mass Effect 1 is Terrifying" Fizhy
   • Mass Effect 1 is Terrifying  

"Why Mordin Solus is Absolutely Brilliant" pikmonwolf
   • Why Mordin Solus Is Absolutely Brilliant  

"How Mass Effect Wastes the Geth" pikmonwolf
   • How Mass Effect Wastes The Geth  

"The Final Hours of Mass Effect 3" Geoff Knightly

"The Inside Story of Mass Effect 3's Endings, Finally Told" People Make Games
   • The Inside Story of Mass Effect 3's E...  

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